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QUICK... and WITHOUT google.... Name 3 shows on PBS and when you last watched them with regularity. Oh.. and Sesame Street doesnt count...

McNeil Leher Report
Louisiana The State We Are In

could only name two and I stopped watch Seasame Street when the cut Miss Piggies time onthe show

The freedom to discriminate is essential to personal Liberty. Life in a free country is about being free to make choices based on your own criteria rather then one mandate by the government...Libertarian blogger

“Sesame Workshop receives very, very little funding from PBS. So, we are able to raise our funding through philanthropic, through our licensed product, which goes back into the educational programming, through corporate underwriting and sponsorship. So quite frankly, you can debate whether or not there should be funding of public broadcasting. But when they always try to tout out Big Bird, and say we’re going to kill Big Bird – that is actually misleading, because Sesame Street will be here.” Stephanie Westin, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Sesame Workshop.

"I'm gonna lean up against you, and you lean up against me. That way we don't hafta sleep with our heads in the mud"

Romney using PBS as an example of what he would cut was not wise. I agree... he should have used something else as an example. He could have said he would trim back government agencies by cutting how much has been spent on outrageous conferences.

He could have said he will go through every government agency and end fraud and corruption.

I like his rule about making a judgement call as to whether it is worth borrowing from China to pay for something. There's a current flap about "Obama phones". It started out prior to Obama as a good idea... making it possible for poor folks to afford a land phone for emergencies. It evolved to handing out free cell phones with 250 free minutes a month.

“Sesame Workshop receives very, very little funding from PBS. So, we are able to raise our funding through philanthropic, through our licensed product, which goes back into the educational programming, through corporate underwriting and sponsorship. So quite frankly, you can debate whether or not there should be funding of public broadcasting. But when they always try to tout out Big Bird, and say we’re going to kill Big Bird – that is actually misleading, because Sesame Street will be here.” Stephanie Westin, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Sesame Workshop.

The freedom to discriminate is essential to personal Liberty. Life in a free country is about being free to make choices based on your own criteria rather then one mandate by the government...Libertarian blogger

With a bit more research, PBS receives less than 12% of their annual budget from Federal Tax Dollars. I think they will be just fine without us. No one wants them to go away, so they will donate. I, for one, will add them to my annual donations list if the tax dollars are removed.
Penny wise and Dollar foolish?
No, I took what Mitt said to mean that he will remove all extra spending....no matter how cute, cuddly, warm and fuzzy.

"I'm gonna lean up against you, and you lean up against me. That way we don't hafta sleep with our heads in the mud"